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A panel of Fulton County judges on Monday cleared the way for a special grand jury to be used as part of District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation of former President Donald Trump and his efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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BREAKING: Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe1h ago

A child was shot at a Food Mart corner store in the Dixie Hills neighborhood Monday afternoon. (Credit: NewsChopper2)

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BREAKING: Atlanta police investigating shooting at Food Mart

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Person trapped after crash in DeKalb involving dump truck

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Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens received a standing ovation as he entered the Georgia House on Monday as part of an effort to head off legislation that could allow Buckhead to break off from the rest of the city. Miguel Martinez for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Dickens courts lawmakers in fight against Buckhead cityhood

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In surveillance video, a driver can be seen running over a man and striking three vehicles in a parking lot on Ponce de Leon Avenue on Jan. 7. (Credit: YouTube via GoFundMe)

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WATCH: Driver hits vehicles, runs over man in Ponce de Leon parking lot

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Old tech and omicron hampered Georgia’s COVID-19 website

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Georgia’s giant probation population undercuts focus on most dangerous

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Local

The state ethics commission will pursue a case involving allegations that former Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine illegally used campaign donations for a down payment on a home, fancy cars and child care expenses. But the commission dismissed another complaint against Oxendine, once a GOP front-runner for governor.

Oxendine ethics case over? Not so fast, says Georgia ethics commission

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield names new chief in Georgia

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NEW: Blaze tears through DeKalb condo complex

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Cobb school board member Jaha Howard runs for state superintendent

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At least two vehicles were damaged by bullets Sunday night when gunfire rang out in the parking lot of Loca Luna on Amsterdam Avenue. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

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1 found shot after gunfire erupts outside Midtown restaurant

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Gwinnett hires record numbers of teachers but struggles with substitutes

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Atlanta Classics: Atlanta’s oldest Japanese restaurant turns 50

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Man killed by Newnan officer responding to domestic call, GBI says

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Nation & State

Police investigate the scene where several people were found dead in a Milwaukee, Wisc., home, Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, in what police are investigating as multiple homicides, authorities said. (Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

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Police: 6 found dead at Milwaukee home had gunshot wounds

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Stocks climb back after steep slide on Fed, Ukraine jitters

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Constitutional ban on noncitizen voting falls short in Georgia Senate

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UK to lift travel test requirements for the vaccinated

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FILE - This image from video shows Minneapolis police Officers Thomas Lane, left and J. Alexander Kueng, right, escorting George Floyd, center, to a police vehicle outside Cup Foods in Minneapolis, on May 25, 2020. Three former Minneapolis officers headed to trial this week on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd aren't as familiar to most people as Derek Chauvin, a fellow officer who was convicted of murder last spring. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

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Defense: Chauvin called ‘all of the shots’ when Floyd killed

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Student kills 1, wounds 3 in shooting at German university

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Driver reportedly dies after chase with GSP in North Georgia

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Broadway's 'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' actor fired

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Politics

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BREAKING: Fulton judges greenlight special grand jury for Trump probe1h ago

Leader of Buckhead City movement under scrutiny for retweeting comment from white nationalist group

The Jolt: Internal poll shows voter support for Buckhead cityhood down

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When Zell Miller was running for reelection for governor in 1994, he proposed a budget that included raises, tax refunds and increases in spending for schools and other programs. The Senate Republican leader at that time, Skin Edge, quipped, “Yes, Georgia, there is a Santa Claus, and he’s running for governor.” (AJC Staff Photo/John Spink)

In reelection year, Georgia governors take on role of ol’ Saint Nick

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Under legislation proposed by Georgia U.S. .Sen. Jon Ossoff, members of Congress could be fined a year's salary for trading individual stocks.

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Keith Wilson said he moved from Cobb County "to get away from the Braves stadium." His 17-acre Rutledge farm now faces new growth and he posted a sign in his yard opposing the Rivian assembly plant on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”`

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Rivian’s Georgia electric vehicle plant sparks fears among neighbors

Governor Brian Kemp and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma celebrate with a fist bump after Verma announced that the Trump administration would approve both Georgia's health care "waiver" requests. (PHOTO by Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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Georgia sues Biden administration over health waiver

Parents who couldn’t get into the Cherokee County School Board meeting because the building reached capacity chant “No CRT!” during the meeting on May 20, 2021. Now Georgia lawmakers propose financial penalties for schools that teach about race in ways deemed inappropriate. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Critics say Georgia race bill threatens financial blow to schools

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in advance of the one year anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

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Man charged with threatening to kill Georgia election officials

This artist's sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launchpad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County. Superior Court Judge Stephen Scarlett, on Thursday, has denied a request to stop Camden County from buying land for a planned spaceport near the Georgia coast, dealing the latest blow to opponents of the project. (Spaceport Camden via AP, File)

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Judge denies coastal residents’ attempt to block purchase of spaceport site

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Neighborhoods

Former DeKalb Commissioner Sharon Barnes Sutton walks toward DeKalb County Courthouse for a hearing by Judge Asha Jackson in February 2017. Sutton has filed a lawsuit alleging that the DeKalb Board of Ethics is unconstitutional because some of its members are appointed by community organizations instead of by elected officials. (HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM)

Ex-DeKalb commissioner’s criminal trial rescheduled again

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Gwinnett County Public Schools has hired 2,611 teachers this school year, well ahead of last year's hiring rate.

Gwinnett hires record numbers of teachers but struggles with substitutes

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Fulton to give away free smart thermostats

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The FTA has awarded MARTA $970,000 to study a Southlake BRT line in Clayton County. (PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUND TRANSIT)

MARTA receives $970,000 for Clayton County transit study

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07/23/2021 — Decatur, Georgia — Signs advising DeKalb County School District visitors how to wear a mask will be displayed in the hallways of the school buildings, like this one, displayed at Kelley Lake Elementary School in Decatur, Friday, July 23, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal Constitution)

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Metro Atlanta city boasts high employee vaccination rate, aims for 90%

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The Fulton County Board of Education agreed to extend the operation of Chattahoochee Hills Charter School. VANESSA McCRAY/AJC FILE PHOTO

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Fulton County board approves charter school’s renewal

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Superintendent of the Cobb County School District Chris Ragsdale and board member David Chastain speak during a Cobb County school board meeting in 2021. On Thursday, Ragsdale said the district would resume posting coronavirus case counts. (Christine Tannous / AJC file photo)

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Cobb County School District posts first COVID data report in weeks

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan E. Gierke poses for a recruit training graduation photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, May 18, 2021. Lance Cpl. Gierke, 19, from Lawrenceville, Georgia, was a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. He was pronounced dead by a competent medical authority at the scene of a tactical vehicle mishap on January 19, 2022. Photo courtesy of MCCS Recruit Photo at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina.

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Collins Hill grad dies in Marines tactical vehicle accident

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Investigations

Andrew Houser, right, Assistant Chief Community Supervision Officer, fist bumps a supervisee before leaving during a visit in October. In November, Department of Community Supervision Commissioner Michael Nail told state senators that the agency's work brought a decline in felonies committed by supervisees, and that those on probation aren’t responsible for the state's increase in violent crime. (Casey Sykes for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

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Georgia’s giant probation population undercuts focus on most dangerous

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December 1, 2021 Atlanta - Asya Morgan (left) and Ali Abdulrab talk in front of the mural of the murder victim Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, on Wylie Street near the Krog Street tunnel on Wednesday, December 1, 2021. Ali Abdulrab and Asya Morgan have become activists seeking to strengthen the way the state oversees sex offenders. This comes in the wake of the murder of Abdulrab's sister, Mariam, over the summer. She was a bartender who was abducted in front of her southeast Atlanta home and shot and killed. Her accused killer is Demarcus Binkley, a convicted sex offender who was out on probation. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Repeat offenders in Georgia: A failed system, a family shattered

Due to backlogs, more than 6,000 sexual offenders are living in communities across the state without ever getting reviewed and rated by the Georgia Sex Offender Registration Review Board. The board was created 15 years ago by the General Assembly to help protect the public from the most dangerous sex offenders once they leave prison or get placed on probation. (GBI)

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Case backlog in Georgia sex offender oversight agency undermines safety

New Jersey-based Cross River Bank, left, and Atlanta-based Kabbage (now K Servicing) were among four online lenders found more likely to process loans for those with felony criminal records, according to a study by researchers at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin. (RyeCityRoller / WikiCommons; Steve Schaefer for the AJC)

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Red flags ignored as federal loans flew out the door

The campaign to undermine Georgia’s election

Access Atlanta

Santiago Ballerini (left) with Glynn Studio Artist Sankara Harouna as Samuel in "The Pirates of Penzance."

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Tenor Santiago Ballerini comes ‘home’ to The Atlanta Opera for ‘Penzance’20m ago

Tess Malis Kincaid (left) as FBI Special Agent in Charge Hannah Clay with Jessica Frances Dukes as Maya Miller in episode 406 of Ozark. Cr. Courtesy Of Netflix © 2021

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Tess Malis Kincaid happy that ‘jumping on the wave’ of ATL filming led to ‘Ozark’

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Zillow data shows Atlanta among best cities for online home buyers

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Courtney Barnett returns to Atlanta on Saturday in support of her recent album "Things Take Time, Take Time."
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Australian indie musician Courtney Barnett plays the Eastern in Atlanta

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What is ‘slugging,’ the newest viral skin care hack?

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Nakato’s Tatami Rooms were created by a Japan-based architectural firm in the exact specifications of traditional Tatami Rooms that are found throughout Japan. Although Nakato’s Tatami Rooms have been closed during Covid, guests could enjoy a multi-course dinner uniquely prepared for their group by the Executive Chef.
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Atlanta Classics: Atlanta’s oldest Japanese restaurant turns 50

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The Alzheimer's Fest Feb. 4 at Buckhead Theatre features Arrested Development, Cracker and Drivin n Cryin. FILE PHOTOS

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Biggest Alzheimer’s Fest yet features Cracker, Drivin N Cryin and Arrested Development

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Sports

Jan. 9, 2022 - Atlanta, Ga: Atlanta Falcons helmets are shown during the second half against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Sunday, January 9, 2022, in Atlanta. The Falcons lost to the Saints 30-20. JASON GETZ FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION

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Falcons sign DT to reserve/futures deal

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Chip Long to increase focus on tight end for Georgia Tech

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Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young brings the ball upcourt against Charlotte Hornets forward Cody Martin during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)

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Hawks’ Trae Young named Player of the Week

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Girls basketball rankings: Fannin County new No. 1 in Class 2A

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111821 Atlanta: Patriots fans hold a sign reminding Falcons fans of their blown Super Bowl loss to the Patriots during their current 25-0 shut out in Mercedes-Benz Stadium sporting many empty seats in a NFL football game on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Atlanta. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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Memo to Falcons: The Rams blew a lead vs. Brady - and won!

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Falcons’ local TV ratings decline 7%, rank 26th in NFL

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Falcons head coach Arthur Smith talks to defensive lineman Grady Jarrett (97) and Jonathan Bullard (99) during a joint practice, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Marta Lavandier/AP)

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Falcons’ 2021 season review: defensive line

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Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young (11) drives the lane against Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)

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Hawks Report podcast: Looking back at the perfect week

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